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notes given, this person must have studied the birds of the region 

 during a period lasting at least from August, 1884, until the summer 

 of 1885. 



During the summer of 1903 a party from the State College, 

 headed by R. E. Snodgrass, crossed the region. They entered at 

 Wallula, proceeded to Walla Walla, then to Bolles, and up the 

 Touchet River to Dayton. From Dayton they proceeded across 

 the Blue Mountains toward Almota (Snodgrass, 1904). 



W. Leon Dawson spent several weeks in April and May, 1907, 

 studying the birds near Wallula. 



It is known that collectors of the U. S. Biological Survey have 

 worked at several points in the region, but no account of their work 

 has been published, except isolated references to certain localities 

 in taxonomical work. 



Storrs H. Lyman of Dayton, Washington, who has made many 

 observations on the birds of Walla Walla and Columbia counties, 

 has kindly allowed the insertion of his notes into the present paper. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. H. S. Brode, notes have been secured 

 on the specimens in the collection of Whitman College. 



Observations on the birds of this region were begun by the author 

 in December, 1904, and, broken by numerous absences, continued 

 until December, 1915. The vicinity along the Touchet River just 

 east of Prescott has received much the largest share of attention, 

 though field trips, often of several week's duration, have been made 

 to other parts of the region. Specimens have been secured of a 

 large number of the species, and care has been taken to have the 

 taxonomic determinations as nearly correct as possible. 



The general topographic features, climate, and habitats of Walla 

 Walla and Columbia counties have been described in an earlier 

 paper by the author (Dice, 1916, 293-332). Western Walla Walla 

 County is dominated by semi-arid sagebrush plains; eastern 

 Walla Walla County and western Columbia County are character- 

 ized by high rolling bunchgrass prairie; and in southeastern 

 Columbia County the Blue Mountains are covered by coniferous 

 forests. The wide range of climatic conditions is reflected in the 

 vertebrate life of the different faunal areas. 



In the accompanying list an attempt has been made to give the 

 local distribution of each species, so far as known in the region; 



